# Critical Role’s upcoming series with Hololive gave Matt Mercer ‘a deeper understanding and appreciation’ for vtubers

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/critical-roles-upcoming-series-with-hololive-gave-matt-mercer-a-deeper-understanding-and-appreciation-for-vtubers/
- Published: 2026-11-05T01:52:06+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T04:49:06+00:00
- Original publisher: PC Gamer
- Original article: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/board-games/critical-roles-upcoming-series-with-hololive-gave-matt-mercer-a-deeper-understanding-and-appreciation-for-vtubers/
- Topics: Entertainment, TV

## Key points

- Critical Role and Hololive made a six-episode tabletop series.
- Matt Mercer said the project deepened his appreciation of vtubers.
- Shattered Legends premieres on Nerissa Ravencroft’s channel in mid-November.

## Summary

Critical Role has teamed up with Hololive for Shattered Legends, a tabletop roleplaying series that brought vtuber performers into the fantasy setting of Exandria. Game master Matt Mercer said making the series gave him a deeper appreciation for their performance skills, while the project’s main challenge was coordinating the technical setup for human players and animated avatars.

Hololive vtuber Nerissa Ravencroft proposed the collaboration and helped develop the characters, their models and an original song. The six-episode campaign features Ravencroft, Mori Calliope, Gigi Murin and Shiori Novella, alongside Mercer and Marisha Ray, playing Daggerheart, Critical Role’s game built around two 12-sided dice representing hope and fear. Inspired by Berserk and Soulsborne games, the darker story is described as “canon-ish” within Exandria and is due to premiere on Ravencroft’s YouTube channel in mid-November.

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